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Dan Chamberlain:
I have never hunted - or been in a place where turkey were abundant enough to really get into it.  This week I camped at a spot in Illinois where the turkey were so thick it was almost comical.  First night I had a gobbler run right at my brush blind to a distance of 10 feet before he spotted my outline and darted away.  He never presented a shot and this was without calling (I was deer hunting).  There was another one in a tree above me that never showed any sign of interest or fear even though he noticed me.

The next morning, I hear a gobbler call about 100 yards away, so I decided to imitate the hen's cluck with my voice.  Amazingly, he responded, so I kept up the conversation as he started my way, cutting the distance in half.  All at once behind me, another gobbler let loose so I teased him in.  Evidently he didn't want competition even though it's not mating season and when I clucked a couple times, he charged in as if looking for a fight.

My nimrod mistake was to cluck after he was within 15 feet - but behind brush.  I should have shut up!  He finally got an eyeball on me and took off at a dead run!  My it was fun.

Later that afternoon I was squirrel hunting (no bow this time) and I jumped two jakes who just stood there and gawked at me from 10 feet!  Clear shot, no brush and no apparent sign of alarm...and NO BOW!  After about 5 seconds they ran away and flew up into a huge white pine!

I'm hooked.  Now I have to read up on turkey calling and get a couple calls...although I did pretty well with just my voice.

Dan

the Ferret:
Dan they do that to you until you spend a few thousand dolars on blinds, calls, decoys, camoflage, etc and then they never come near you again.

You just fell for the oldest turkey trick in the book.

Osagetree:
Do not do it,,, it is as addicting as deer hunting & bows.

gobbler10ga:
gobble gobble

BigRonHuntAlot:
Hey Dan, If you are serious about turkey calling/hunting and are planning on starting out with a diaphragm I would recommend starting out with a single or double reed call to learn on. I started out with a slate call but really prefer a diaphragm. I carry both. Some of the best Schooling is just being out there with the birds and mimicking what they are doing. Movement has to be minimal if not nonexistent. Spring hunting will allow you to make more errors. I have taken several nice birds. Just thought you may be able to use this advice.

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